Official lyric video · AM196
Airplane Mode.
Left home with a suitcase and a plan, then switched off the noise to chase it.
Verse 1
Window seat, thirty kilos and a dream
Mum's goodbye still playing on repeat
New city, nobody knows my name
Good — that means nobody's in my way
First Melbourne winter, didn't even own a coat
Learned to cook from voice notes sent from home
Before the first tram, before the first light
I've already won my first fight
Pre-Chorus
They say "be realistic," say "play it safe"
Every scroll's another winner's face
So I flip the switch, let the signal fade
And I'm gone —
Chorus
I'm on airplane mode
Can't hear the doubt, can't hear the "no"
Thirty thousand feet above the noise below
Leave a message after the tone
I'll call you back when I've made it home
I'm on airplane mode
Post-Chorus
No signal, no signal (oh-oh)
No signal, no signal — gone
Verse 2
Iron in the morning, pages at night
Camera on my shoulder, chasing the light
Side-hustle money and a full-time dream
Master's in AI — no model could predict me
Every little win, I don't post it, I don't tell
I just stack 'em up quiet, like coins in a well
Some nights the quiet gets a little too loud
But I didn't cross an ocean just to turn around
Bridge
Every birthday through a phone screen
Festival lights on a video stream
Mum, if you call and it won't ring through
Don't you worry — I'm flying for you
One day I'll play you this song on the keys
One day I'll stand at the open door of a plane
Look down at the whole world
And jump anyway
Final Chorus
I'm on airplane mode
Can't hear the doubt, can't hear the "no"
Still in the air, still climbing on my own
Leave a message after the tone
I'll call you back when I've made it home
I'm on airplane mode
Outro
Seatbelt sign's still on...
Phone's still off...
I'll call you when I land.
- Lyrics
- Nikshith
- Photography
- @enigma_view